Wednesday, July 18, 2018: Gus Van Sant, Zaki Ibrahim and more
Today on q: director Gus Van Sant, singer Desirée Dawson, filmmaker Eugene Jarecki, cosplay origin story with journalist Lauren Orsini, singer-songwriter Zaki Ibrahim.
Today on q, with guest host Talia Schlanger: (1) director Gus Van Sant discusses casting Joaquin Phoenix as a disabled person and carrying out Robin Williams' vision; (2) singer Desirée Dawson performs new music live in the q studio; (3) filmmaker Eugene Jarecki traces Elvis' meteoric rise and fall and shows how it figures into our readings of the American Dream; (4) writer Lauren Orsini walks us through how cosplay became a global phenomenon; (5) singer-songwriter Zaki Ibrahim shares the inspiration for her album The Secret Life of Planets.